The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1887-04-21
SOME coMfoAL NAMES.
RecollectIons 0f Queer Things Discoscfcd
In EnsiIsli ParIsl1 Registers


New Englander Of d century ago, and |
which still distinguish him from all tho
other inhabitants Of the United States"
said prominent citizen Of St. Louis
who was born and reared within the |
sacred precincts Of Boston, '.are not
native to the SOIL but came over In the
along with the strange Gus
toms and stern religious principles Of
the Paritans. A Boston preacher is-
sued book some time last fall giving
the result Of hisresearches into the old
and church records of towns
like Old Boston, Banbury and other
Puritan strongholds during summers
sojourn in England. and he found that
nearly all the phrases. expressions and
names peculiar to New England were
in, common use there three hundred
years ago. And have myself found
in studying English nomenclatpre'
which, w the way, is a hobby Of mine,
thar many Of the names. family and bap-
tismal, of to-day are but contractions
Of the extravagant titles given by the
earlier Puritans. 1t lis true do not call
our children tZeal-of-the-Land jones'
or .Searcb-the1Scriptures Thompson, but
we-isye plenty Of such baptismal names
as Grace, Patieace. Constance, Faith,
Hope, Beulah. Justice or Mercy. In
surnames Farwell, is derived from
the old Puritan Christian name Fare
Well; Hopewell. now surname. was
once Hope-Well. Tiffany cdwes from
Epiphany, Truhart from TruSx Heart,
and SO on. The names peculiarfo the
Puritans, such as scriptural phraseSs
,pious CALCULATIONS or godly admonitions,
began to prevail in England south Of
the Trent, and particularly in and
around Banbury, about the time of
Queen Elizabeth S reign It was not
the mere result of cranky notions, but
the practice was instituted with de-
liberate purpose, the intention being to
separate, as far as possible, the Puri-
tans from the goddess, and maku them
distinctive in name as well as in habits
and religious belief Scripture names
they would gladIyhave taken, but the
publication of the Geneva Bible had
long before flooded the country with
Hebrew names, and so. instead Of Ne
hemiah or sZerubbabel, they took Good
Work and Hate-Eyil. For upward Of a
century they gave no other names to
their children. and the cOmbina-
tions were Sometimes very comi-
cal. For instance, .Praise-God Barre
bone, the head of Cromwells Par
lament, is said to have had three
brothers named Fear-God Barcelona,
Jesus Christ Came -Into-the-W World-to-
Save Barebone. and If-Christ-H Had Not
Died : for Thee Thou Hadst Been
Damned Barcelona. Fancy sitting down
to dinner with brother with such Q
name and having to say, If-Christ-Had
Not Died -for-Thce- Thou Hadst- Beeh-
Damned, please pass the butter. This
gentleman, however, was never called
by his full name, but was familiarly
called DR.. Damned Barcelona. Such
titles as Hght-the-Goo Fight-of-Faith,
Help-on-High, Learn-Wisdom, What
Goodwill and Zeal-for-God we're COM
mon. The virtues were especial favor
ties. Sir Thomas Carew, Speaker OF
the House of Commons in James and
Charles reign, had four daughters
Patience, Temperance, Silence and Pru-
dence. The name Silence was es-
pecially popular as feminine title,
and it was used probably to stand as a
constant reminder of woman's great
failing. Diligence, Obedience, Perse-
yerance, Humiliation and Repentance
were in common use, the latter grow
ing so monotonous that Sorrow-for-Sin
was sometimes used by way of a change.
Another class of names were exhorta-
tory sentences, pious CALCULATIONS, ol
professions of sorrow for sin, such as Re
joice, Give Thanks, Be-Strong, Sin
Deny, Be-Steadfast or Do-Good. A man
named Skyes is said to have had -four
sons named Love-Well, Do-Well, Die.
Well and Farewell. Strange to say,
Farewell Skyes was drowned. and
Liye-WelI. Do-Well and Die-Well were
the chief mourners. In an old register
at Bishopsgate is an entry that reads
something like this: Sept. l, 1911
.Job-Rakt-O -Out-of-the-Ashes being borne
the last of ofAugust in the lane going to
Sir John Spencer's back gate, and there
laide in a heape of asshes. was baptized
the 1st day of September following. and
dyed the next day after If he had
lived he would probably have been
called Ashes for short The name
Dancell- Dallphebo- Marke-A Antony -Dal
lery- Gallery Caesar, which appears il
the parish register at Old Sevenford, il
probably hit at Puritan eccentricity
A Sussex jury Of about the time Of thu
Restoration contained the followin,
names: Accepted Trevor. Redeemed
Compton, Faint-Not Hewet, Make -Peac
Heaton, God Reward Smart, Stand-Fast
on-High Stringer, Earth Adams. Gale
Lower, Kill-Sip Pimple. Return Spel
man, Be-Faithful Joiner, Ty-Debat
Roberts, Fight-the-Good- -Fight-of-Fait
White, More-Frnit Fowler. Hope-Fo
Binding, Graceful Harding, Weep-Nc
Belling and Meek Brewer. y" ST. Lou
Republican,.
-"But, your Honor said the pris
oner, s1am not guilty Of this crime
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